Experts Condemn Fake News, Urge Journalists To Fact-Check
As the 2019 general elections draw near, stakeholders in the media industry have unanimously condemned the prevalence of fake news, insisting that it is...
Journalists Adopt New Code Of Professional Conduct For Poll
A cross section of journalists from major print and broadcast media organizations have adopted a new code of professional conduct for the coverage of the...
Amnesty International Raises Alarm Over Increasing Attacks On Journalists
Amnesty International (AIN) has said clampdown on the press, raids on media organisations and arbitrary arrests and detention of journalists, is preventing people from...
Quack Journalists Propagate Fake News, Hate Speech — Experts
The Executive Director, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, has said that quack journalists were mostly responsible for blackmail, fake news...
PRESS RELEASE: Global Champions of Free Expression: IMS makes 2019 Index on Censorship Freedom...
The Institute for Media and Society, a Nigerian based Non Governmental Organisation, NGO, has been shortlisted for the 2019 Index Censorship Freedom of Expression...
Global Champions Of Free Expression: 2019 Index On Censorship Freedom Of Expression Awards Shortlist...
Judges include investigative journalist Maria Ressa, one of Time magazine’s people of the Year 2018; actor Khalid Abdalla
Shortlist celebrates artists, campaigners and...
A Daily Trust In The Media, Not The Army
By Owei Lakemfa
AS a former newspaper Editor, I would not have published the Daily Trust lead story of January 6, 2019 titled: Military prepares...
University of Birmingham Wins WhatsApp Award To Research The Use Of ‘Fake-News’ In Nigerian...
A University of Birmingham led project has been awarded a $50,000 grant by Social Media giant WhatsApp for the purpose of studying misinformation and its impact on society.
The...
2019 Elections And The Media
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The mass media are indispensable in modern democracies, like Nigeria, where there is a need to link a citizenry of more than 190...
IPC Decries Siege On Daily Trust
The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria, condemns in strong terms, the forceful closure of Daily Trust Newspapers’ head office in Abuja and the organisation’s...
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Press release- EU Delegation’s comments on recent press reports regarding the Electoral Mission for...
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EU Delegation’s comments on recent press reports regarding the Electoral Mission for the 2027 General Election in Nigeria, Abuja, 10 August...
PRESS RELEASE- Osun Decides: Stakeholders Set for Citizens’ Town Hall to Promote Credible Poll
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As the August 15, 2026 Osun State Governorship Election enters its final 21 days,
the Civil Society Network...
Gender Sensitive Guidelines for Media Coverage of the Electoral Process in Nigeria (2025)
The Gender Sensitive Media Guidelines provide a practical framework for journalists, editors, broadcasters, and media organisations to ensure fair, balanced, and inclusive coverage of...
EU-Backed Media Intervention Rallies Journalists, Electoral Stakeholders Ahead of Osun Governorship Poll
“There is no credible election without a credible media, and no democracy without both,” CEMESO Executive Director Dr. Akin Akingbulu declares in Osogbo, as...
